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The man in front of the cave had, strangely enough, a goat’s horn on his head.

‘Well, it’s fantasy.’

I looked closely at him in case he was Su-in, but I couldn’t tell.

‘Although it had the horns of a mountain goat….’

It even had a thin black tail that didn’t match the mountain goat.

That one too has a pointed end.

I wondered what animal it was, but with my limited knowledge, I couldn’t tell what animal’s tail it was.

‘Mongrel? Something like a mixed breed dog?’

I have never met any other races since I came here.

There’s no way I could distinguish between races,

However, the feeling was unpleasant and the impression was not good.

‘It feels like being next to someone who smokes.’

I have been thinking deeply about whether I am a racist,

I decided not to care.

Well, isn’t there something more important?

‘Why did that guy come here?’

I guess he’s not that skilled, since he doesn’t even notice me staring at him from right behind him.

‘The energy that I feel… .’

I guess it’s probably about the number of people who work hard at farming?

The energy that is felt to that extent is extremely poor.

What could a person like that do in such an insignificant and dangerous mountain?

To begin with, no one had ever visited this mountain until now, except for anonymous people.

In the words of an anonymous person, the concentration of mana is thick,

They said that it was not an environment where people could live because there were so many monsters that held that mana.

Also, it is said that normal people have a limit to how much mana they can receive.

That’s something I didn’t know.

Then I wondered why anonymity was okay,

It seems that I have sucked up all the mana contained in this mountain, and its concentration has decreased.

‘That makes sense.’

How could I possibly do that in the first place? It must be because Anonymous is the main character in this world.

Anyway, for this reason, no one comes to the mountain where I live.

‘You are the one who came to this mountain.’

It’s hard to imagine that unless someone like Myeong-o came to this mountain on purpose to escape from people,

“What are you?”

So I asked.

Although my words were somewhat harsh, I got used to it naturally after learning my exact age and living with an anonymous person, so I think it turned out like this, but I didn’t feel the need to fix it.

The man with the goat’s horns turned around and looked at me, then immediately frowned.

“Huh? Human woman?”

The way she expresses herself as a human woman is quite arrogant compared to the aura she gives off.

I was already in a bad mood because of the unpleasant atmosphere, but when he said something like that, my face became grimaced.

I was the one who asked that first, so what’s the answer?

Young people these days lack respect for their elders.

‘Huh, what are you thinking?’

I guess I’ve been spending a lot of time with anonymous people lately, and I feel like I’m getting older.

‘This won’t do.’

I decided to stop my thoughts and continue with the question I was asking.

“What are you? he asked.”

“Oh, sorry, I was looking for someone.”

Since you were looking for someone, there shouldn’t be anyone living on this mountain other than me and Mumyeong, so if you’re looking for Mumyeong, it would be right to hide him, right?

It was only a few years ago that I was almost dragged away by people unjustly.

Anyone who seeks anonymity will be seeking it for that reason.

So naturally, he started telling lies.

“No one lives on this mountain except me.”

The one with the goat’s horns tilted his head, holding his chin with one hand, as if he had something to think about.

“Hmm? I heard it was definitely a human male, and the hair color is definitely the same.”

I’ve heard it’s about hair color.

Let’s guess from the answer I heard,

It would be true that someone higher than the author ordered the search for the anonymous person.

Anonymous also has black hair, which is uncommon here, just like me.

“They look like they’re about the same age.”

My shoulders shrugged for no reason.

‘I do look a little young.’

I revised the guy’s rating,

From a hopeless, annoying person to just an annoying person.

“Why don’t you take me with you?”

What on earth does that mean? I was so shocked that I couldn’t even speak.

If I were to compare the energy I felt, I wouldn’t know if it was an unknown person who hadn’t trained with me, but

It was obvious that for now, even the nameless would not be able to be properly subdued.

He’s that weak.

“You? Me?”

It’s a bit scary, but I want to see if I can keep it for a while.

He stared at me with a blank expression.

The one with the goat’s horns began to emit his mana through his fingertips, and then used his fingers like a brush to draw a crimson magic circle in the air.

‘Oh, so there really was a part that believed in magic.’

As expected of a fantasy world, I suddenly became curious about the magic I was seeing for the first time and had a somewhat dangerous thought: what if I try it?

‘I’m curious.’

Anyway, the energy you feel is nothing special, so even if you get hit once, nothing big will happen.

As the magic circle gradually became complete, chains began to emerge and quickly approach me.

The chains soon reached me, even though I had no intention of escaping, and slowly began to encircle my body.

‘Hmm, it feels really weird being tied up in chains.’

No further impressions were felt.

It felt like an unpleasant energy was flowing into my body through the chain, but I blocked it by circulating the energy.

I was curious about how strong it was, so I applied a little force,

An uneasy sound came from the chains that bound me, perhaps because they were weaker than I had expected.

“It’s no use getting upset.”

The author must have noticed my desperate struggle, because he smiled like a villain would and slowly began to approach me.

‘Hmm, I think I missed the timing to get out of it.’

It’s weird to say this to someone who’s trying to kidnap someone anonymous, but if you just let them go without saying anything, they’ll probably feel quite embarrassed.

Although he was the one who tried to do something bad to the anonymous person, the kidnapping ultimately failed.

That person is probably someone who only moves because his superior tells him to.

‘I feel weak for no reason.’

It’s not like I can be captured just as that person wants. If I had my way, I would have followed him and beaten up those who had tormented Moo-myeong, but if I did that, Moo-myeong might learn something bad from me.

Isn’t there a saying that parents are the mirror of their children?

The same goes for the teacher. If Myeong-myeong sees me taking revenge on his behalf, he will likely fall into the wrong mindset of thinking, “Oh, I can do this much,” and his behavior will likely worsen.

I imagined it for a moment.

A nameless person who dyes his hair blonde, spits on the floor, and takes my money… .

“No way!”

Suddenly, goosebumps appeared all over my body, and I broke the chains that were wrapped around me and kicked the man with the goat horns.

“What the..! Bam-!”

“Nameless! The Master is different from these bad guys! You can’t dye your hair!”

Of course, it was just my imagination, but just imagining it made me feel so bad that I ended up getting angry.

Oops,

This can’t be solved with violence.

A man with goat horns is found stuck in a rock near the cave entrance. His pupils are gone, but his chest is still beating, so he doesn’t seem to be dead.

A cold sweat naturally flowed down my face.

‘This is a big deal..’

Anonymous, who saw me solving problems with violence, could only imagine bad things.

You must never let this be discovered by an anonymous person.

“If you don’t get caught..”

It’s not a crime!

I pushed the fallen man into a corner of the cave and quietly left the place.

‘The perfect crime.’

It was absolutely perfect.

-Cheonmu-myeong

‘What the heck is going on?’

When I suddenly came to my senses, I was lying on my teacher’s lap.

“Are you up?”

I felt the Master’s hand slowly stroking my head,

I tried to recall my memories before I collapsed.

My face turned red without me knowing.

I tried to confidently capture the Master’s appearance in my eyes, but it was impossible.

I felt only my own shortcomings unilaterally,

I felt ashamed that I was calling myself the Master’s disciple.

I didn’t even know what to say, so I just sat there feeling the touch of my Master’s hand.

I feel like I’m feeling better little by little.

I feel like I should say something,

I was mumbling, but the teacher, knowing what I was thinking, opened his mouth first.

“Didn’t I tell you before? It’s okay.”

The Master stopped stroking me, bent down, and rested his forehead against mine, which was resting on his lap.

“There is nothing wrong with you, it’s just my lack of self-proclaimed master.”

The warmth of my teacher’s forehead disappeared from our touching foreheads, and I saw my teacher’s face smiling slightly.

“So don’t blame yourself.”

“Thank you..”

I felt like crying, but I smiled.

Whenever the teacher saw me crying, he also cried.

“It’s much better to see a smiling face.”

“… Yes.”

He was truly a teacher beyond my ability.

however….

“Master, have you met someone? I smell something strange.”

I could smell an unpleasant man’s scent from the teacher.

“What”

Seeing the teacher’s visibly embarrassed look,

My chest felt tight and my face became wrinkled.